Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2013 |
''What the New USDA Rules for Healthier School Snacks Mean for Schools'' Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods project, discusses the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Time |
School Food |
| Oct 13, 2009 |
''What Can Danish Hogs Teach Us About Antibiotics?'' "Beautiful Denmark is known throughout the world for its pastries, furniture design and ham. Yes, ham. Denmark is the largest exporter of pork in the world. The country, not much larger than Massachusetts, produces more than 26 million hogs Source: Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
“If they weren’t so damaging to children, congressional leaders’ explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children’s expense would be downright funny.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Apr 20, 2011 |
''Voters’ Attitudes On School Nutrition'' “More than 75 percent of American voters believe schools should have to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they sell or serve students, according to a poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Voters Want Healthy School Meals More than three out of four American voters—78 percent—believe that schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they serve or sell to students, and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding to meet those standards, according to a new poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Aug 3, 2010 |
''Voters trust drugs made in USA, but few are'' "More than three out of four voters are confident that prescription drugs made in the USA are free from contamination, while fewer than one in 10 feel confident about medications made in India or China, according to a poll released today by the Pew Charitable Trust's Prescription Project." Source: USA Today |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 6, 2013 |
''Viewpoints: Schools Need to Help Kids Eat Healthy'' ''Whether we're relying on the school lunch or brown-bagging it, parents want to make sure our kids get a good, nutritious meal. Yet often the choices we make for kids can't compete against what the vending machines and à la carte lines have to offer.'' Source: The Sacramento Bee |
School Food |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
''Vanessa Ruta named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences'' "Vanessa Ruta, head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, has been chosen as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts." Source: Rockefeller University Newswire |
Biomedical Research |
| May 16, 2012 |
''User Fees Clear E&C, But Waxman, Consumer Advocates Still Seek GAIN Changes'' "As FDA user fee legislation heads to the House floor, a key Democratic lawmaker called for antibiotic incentive to be focused on serious and life-threatening infections and an HHS directive to work on stewardship programs while the lead sponsor of antibiotic incentives pushed back against attempts to change the incentive structure outlined in the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now section of the bill." Source: Inside Health Reform |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Mar 16, 2008 |
''Use of Foster Care Down Across State'' "When doctors found fractures in 23-day-old Giosyra Prendes' legs and ribs and evidence of shaken-baby syndrome, Lehigh County child welfare authorities placed her in foster care..." Source: The Morning Call |
